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| Northern light over Iceland |
"Last night a G5 geomagnetic storm hit Earth sparking of a powerful
Aurora display, the highest you can get.
The storm, which could disrupt the power grid and GPS, is giving
people across the UK and Ireland the chance to see beautiful auroras.
The north coast appears to have the best views, with cloud cover likely to spoil it elsewhere.
Helen
Chivers from the Met Office said: "We are expecting a similar reaction
on Wednesday evening but the intensity of the lights will depend purely
on the cloud cover at the time.
"Sky watchers in the North of Ireland have the best chance of witnessing the aurora just before dawn on Thursday morning."
Kenneth
McDonagh in Ballyshannon, Donegal said: "To see the northern lights
during the summer solstice is a very rare sight and to capture it is
something extraordinary, especially as a display like last night has
never been captured over Ireland this time of the year."
m this big means we in
Ireland were given the chance to see this beautiful display twilight."
Auroras are produced when charged particles from the sun interacts with the earth’s upper atmosphere.
However,
during severe solar storms such as the one that hit the earth last
night, auroras can be seen much further south than normal.
More amazing pictures of the Aurora below:
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